Calf muscle strain injuries is common in both team and en-durance sports such as triathlon (Fields & Rigby, 2016;Green & Pizzari, 2017; Korkia, Tunstall-Pedoe, & Maffulli,1994). It has been recommended that rehabilitation of such injuries should be a progression from isometric to isotonic and isokinetic concentric and eccentric strengthening (Baoge et al.,2012). However, documentation (i.e. force and excursion) of exercises targeting the calf muscles (i.e. calf raises) during thecourse of the rehabilitation is missing. Such information might aide the clinical decision making and facilitate individualized progressions.AimPresent a case study consisting of an unloaded to isotonic andisokinetic calf strengthening program using robotic resistance of a patient (international level triathlete) with a calf muscle strain (grade 3A).
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